LJ Kuzmovich, a surf instructor who was nearby, jumped into action and performed CPR on the child.

"It's one of those fight or flight (responses), you know? I know what to do. So all right, it's time to help this little guy out," Kuzmovich said. "He didn't have a pulse, and we started our compressions and then he started spitting up and we were able to roll him over."

Posts on a Facebook page that his family has set up have been full of prayers and messages of support for Tyre.

In the family’s most recent Facebook post. they said the boy is recovering from a fever and has begun moving the right side of his body.